Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology (Dec 2019)

Small protein sequences can induce cellular uptake of complex nanohybrids

  • Jan-Philip Merkl,
  • Malak Safi,
  • Christian Schmidtke,
  • Fadi Aldeek,
  • Johannes Ostermann,
  • Tatiana Domitrovic,
  • Sebastian Gärtner,
  • John E. Johnson,
  • Horst Weller,
  • Hedi Mattoussi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.10.238
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 2477 – 2482

Abstract

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In this letter, we report on the ability of functional fusion proteins presenting a lytic gamma peptide, to promote interactions with HeLa cells and delivery of large hybrid nanostructures.

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